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  • The iliac colon stretches from the crest of the ilium to the inner border of the psoas muscle, lying in the left iliac fossa, just above and parallel to Poupart's ligament.

  • At the end of the pelvic colon the mesocolon ceases, and the rectum is then only covered by peritoneum at its sides and in front; lower down the lateral covering is gradually reflected off and then only the front is covered.

  • In the odd-toed Ungulata, the colon (fig.

  • The descending colon passes down in front of the left kidney and left side of the posterior abdominal wall to the crest of the ilium; it is about 6 in.

  • The third portion of the gut should be termed the hind-gut and lies between the caecum or caeca and the anus, corresponding to the large intestines, colon and rectum of human anatomy.

  • The pelvic colon lies in the true pelvis and forms a loop, the two limbs of which are superior and inferior while the convexity reaches across to the right side of the pelvis.

  • The ascending colon runs up from the caecum at the level of the ileo-caecal valve to the hepatic flexure beneath and behind the right lobe of the liver; it is about 8 in.

  • The pharynx, oesophagus, stomach and part of the duodenum are developed from the fore gut, a good deal of the colon and the From A.

  • He knew the ileo-caecal valve; and his description of the duodenum, ileum and colon shows that he was better acquainted with the site and disposition of these bowels than any of his predecessors or contemporaries.

  • When the lowest part of the bowel was found to be occupied by a cancerous obstruction, the surgeon used formerly to secure an easy escape for the contents of the bowel by making an opening into the colon in the left loin.

  • But in recent years this operation of lumbar colotomy has been almost entirely replaced by opening the colon in the left groin.

  • When the stomach is empty it contracts into a tubular organ which is frequently sharply bent, and the transverse colon ascends to occupy the vacant part of the stomach chamber.

  • The colon especially engaged the attention of these perfervid artisans.

  • Mention must be made of the large and interesting markets, especially those of Colon and Tacon.

  • From the Parque de Colon the Calle (or Calzada) de la Reina--an ordinary business street, once a promenade and known as the Alameda de Isabel II.

  • Use the colon after the salutation of a formal letter.

  • Use the colon after an introduction to a long or formal quotation, before an enumeration, or after a word, phrase, or sentence that constitutes an introduction to something that follows.

  • Colon was delighted with the new State, but believed that wing-shooting was not his forte.

  • Mr. Colon asked Tenacious Gripe to explain the condition of the Native Americans in Kansas.

  • Longitudinally, Mr. Colon was all of five feet eleven; in circumference, perhaps a score or so of inches.

  • Mr. Colon thought that the dogs were tired, and we might as well get into the wagon.

  • Semi-Colon had the auction purchase, and Dobeen selected a Mexican donkey, one of the toughest little animals that ever pulled a bit.

  • Mr. Colon had accidentally rammed at least two, perhaps half a dozen, loads into one barrel, and the gun discharged with an aim of its own, the butt very low down.

  • The ascending colon, located on the right side, connects with the small intestines, while the transverse colon goes across at a point opposite the navel, connecting the two.

  • This causes the transverse colon to become very much distended and seriously interferes with the blood flow, both into and out of the heart and the lungs.

  • The descending colon is situated on the left side, its lower part opening into the rectal cavity.

  • Sidenote: The vermiform appendix a useful organ] To the lower part of the ascending colon is attached the vermiform appendix.

  • Sidenote: Heart trouble caused by (carbon dioxid) gas] From the accumulation of gas caused by fermenting food the transverse colon becomes very much distended.

  • Illustration: COLON PARK Colon Park, one of the most beautiful pleasure grounds of the Cuban capital, is also known as the Campo de Marte, and is at the southern end of the famous Prado.

  • Colon cemetery is one of the finest in Latin America.

  • Leading away from the head of the Parque de Colon we find a wide avenue known as La Reina, that extends westward and upward to the summit of Belascoain, where its width is more than doubled in the Avenue known as Carlos Tercero.

  • Passing on around the southern edge of the Principe Plateau, the avenue continues on to Colon Cemetery, a beautiful spot, commanding a view of the mouth of the Almandares, and that portion of Vedado lying between it and the Gulf.

  • Toney was close behind, and at that moment Miss Symons and Edward Lang saw her and Colon leap over a gate that would have been avoided by all the ladies and most of the men.

  • I'll come with you, and Colon wants exercise.

  • She and her father had had many a day's hard riding, and he had taught her so young that the word or feeling of fear did not even enter into her composition; and, besides this, Colon was a thoroughbred to be proud of.

  • Toney was so excited that she flicked Colon with her whip and he, to show his surprise, suddenly reared and then bolted forward.

  • Miss Tonia asked after Colon and the others, sir, and the little dorg went near mad with joy.

  • And, indeed, it looked like it, for Toney and Colon were soon flying across country in grand style.

  • Toney looked as if cobwebs were swept away judging by her face as she and Sir Evas joined the meet, indeed, she looked a perfect picture as she and Colon impatiently waited to be off though talking to Edward Lang.

  • I shan't have much time, but Colon loves it; I love the exercise too, but I'm not sure about the fox!

  • The colon must afterwards be attached to the skin forming the margin of the wound by four sutures at the points of entry and exit of the needles.

  • The colon will most likely protrude, but if small intestine appear the colon must be sought for higher up.

  • The dissections of Curling, Gosselin, and others have shown that in infants the operation of lumbar colotomy is very difficult, and its results uncertain, while it is comparatively easy to open the colon in the left groin.

  • Huguier, again, has shown that in certain cases the colon is not to be found in the left groin, but is accessible in the right groin.

  • The muscular wall of the colon uncovered by peritoneum is then in most cases very easily recognised from its immense distension.

  • A colon is used to introduce a formal quotation.

  • A dash is frequently used with a colon to introduce a formal quotation.

  • In this sentence a colon might be used; and one might go so far as to make two sentences of it.

  • A colon is sometimes used to mark a strong independence in the parts of a compound sentence.

  • A colon is used to separate the major parts of a very complex and involved sentence, if the major parts, or either of them, contain within themselves semicolons.

  • If one should substitute for this semicolon a comma and a dash, he could use a semicolon instead of a colon for separating the two main divisions of the sentence.

  • Moreover, within the sentence the colon marks the greatest independence of the parts; the semicolon comes next; and the comma marks the smallest division of thought.

  • A colon is used to introduce a series of particulars, either appositional or explanatory, which the reader has been led to expect by the first clause of the sentence.

  • A colon (:) is used between parts of a sentence that are subdivided by semi-colons.

  • There is a man-of-war, the Atlanta, the one we made friends with at Puerto Cortez, lying at Colon and so we feel safe.

  • But in the meanwhile we will have got one mail at Colon when we go there to take the boat for Caracas and glad I will be to get it.

  • So continual, indeed, were the shifting winds, and so terrific were the storms, that the coast from Veragua to Colon which we had found washed by so calm a sea was by Columbus and his companions named La Costa de los Contrastes.

  • In the New World it is surpassed only by the Teatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro and the Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires.

  • In February, 1505, a royal order was issued to the effect that Don Cristobal Colon be furnished with a mule to ride to court, then being held in Segovia.

  • Indeed, Cristobal Colon was really forgotten before his death; yet he was living on, as every great spirit lives on, in the ambitions of the men who were endeavoring to push his work still further.

  • She is the only friend Cristobal Colon has; and you may be sure that the minute she is dead I can easily arrange to have her favorite removed if you will all rally around me.

  • Cristobal Colon believed that you and your Pinta had gone to the bottom off the Azores!

  • The great majority belong to the colon bacillus group, and are negative to Gram's method of staining.

  • The staphylococcus, bacillus of Friedlander, colon bacillus, and Bacillus pyocyaneus may be met in chronic middle-ear disease.

  • This parasite is an occasional inhabitant of the colon of man, and sometimes produces diarrhea.

  • By this time the Cristobal Colon had turned to the west, and with a good headway was attempting to slip past the blockaders.

  • The Cristobal Colon was not injured by our firing, and probably is not much injured by beaching, though she ran ashore at high speed.

  • The Colon took four companies of the Twenty-third Infantry and two companies of the Eighteenth Infantry, both of the regular army, and Battery A of the Utah Artillery.

  • The Vizcaya and Colon engaged in a running fight with the Oregon, Texas and Brooklyn, but the first was practically destroyed and run ashore thirty-four miles west, and the latter surrendered sixty miles west of Santiago.

  • The Maria Teresa, Vizcaya, Oquendo and Colon swung to the windward, and not a shot was fired at the Gloucester.

  • When the Vizcaya went ashore the Colon was about six miles ahead of the Brooklyn and the Oregon, but her spurt was finished and the American ships were now gaining upon her.

  • When she reached the stream the China swung away from her anchorage and started down the bay, followed by the Colon and Zealandia and a long line of tugboats and steamers.

  • The Vizcaya was still under the fire of the leading vessels; the Cristobal Colon had drawn ahead, leading the chase, and soon passed beyond the range of the guns of the leading American ships.

  • The Spanish vessels came rapidly out of the harbor at a speed estimated at from eight to ten knots and in the following order: Infanta Maria Teresa (flagship), Vizcaya, Cristobal Colon and the Almirante Oquendo.

  • The fine speed of the Oregon, enabled her to take a front position in the chase, and the Cristobal Colon did not give up until the Oregon had thrown a 13- inch shell beyond her.

  • From this breezy height let the traveller turn his eyes first to the north, and look back over that maze of low forest-covered mountains through which he has passed from Colon and which form the watershed between the two seas.

  • The level light of the fiery tropic dawn will fall on the houses of Colon as he approaches it in the morning, when vessels usually arrive.

  • The factory at Colon is only seven years old and is splendidly equipped.

  • From the start at the Golden Gate to the beaching of the Colon is a succession of events full of thrilling merit and vitality which official bickerings and envyings cannot change or obscure.

  • These are the final words of the Admiral Don Cristoval Colon respecting his first voyage to the Indies and their discovery.

  • This must have been the result of the King's annoyance that Colon should have gone to Castile.

  • That night Martin Alonso said that it would be well to sail west by south for the island of Cipango which the map that Cristóbal Colon showed him represented.

  • I have seen the map which the discoverer has made, who is another Genoese, like Colon [and?

  • By which means, Cristóbal Colon says here, God dealt with him and with them as he dealt with Moses and the Jews when he drew them from Egypt showing signs to favor and aid him and to their confusion.


  • The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "colon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    colonial administration; colonial affairs; colonial days; colonial empire; colonial expansion; colonial government; colonial life; colonial office; colonial policy; colonial possessions; colonial secretary; colonial times; colonial trade; colony from